by UFPJ web | Jul 16, 2019 | Action Alerts, Divest, Member Group, Top Story
Pressure campaign works on CalSTRS: Teachers’ pension fund to give an update on meeting with war profiteer General Dynamics. In April, CalSTRS met with war profiteer General Dynamics. Next month, thanks to your continued pressure, we will receive an update from...
by UFPJ web | Jun 29, 2019 | Briefing Call, Divest, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
Want to learn more about divesting from the war machine? Tune in on Tuesday, July 2nd to learn divestment strategies and tactics that are working across the US. Sign up for the webinar! Divestment is an incredibly powerful tool we’re using to end the financing stream...
by UFPJ web | Apr 26, 2019 | Divest, Member Group, Top Story
On March 12th, retired public school teachers Jef Schultz and Susan Witka, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, and CODEPINK organizer Nancy Mancias met with CalSTRS External Affairs Director Diane Stanton and other CalSTRS staff members. We shared your serious concerns...
by UFPJ web | Sep 13, 2018 | Divest, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
With the end of summer upon us, 16 million students in the U.S. have headed off to campus to begin their fall semester of college. As colleges and universities welcome their students, we’re asking the question: how many institutions are using our tuition dollars to...
by UFPJ web | Jul 15, 2018 | Divest, Economic Justice, Member Group, Military Spending, Top Story
UFPJ enthusiastically joined the Divest from the War Machine Coalition, a massive initiative to reel in the U.S. war machine by demanding that our institutions, local governments, faith communities and others divest their money from weapons companies and those who...
by UFPJ web | May 18, 2018 | Divest, Events & Updates, Military Spending, Poor Peoples Campaign, Racial Justice, UFPJ
This past Monday, May 14, the Poor People’s Campaign launched a multi-issue campaign in 40 states to address poverty, racism, the war economy and environmental devastation. These actions included an expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience. The focus of this...
